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This week, aside from our initially pitched (but swiftly rejected) piece on Beatle-themed fashion tips, we've pretty much hit saturation point with all things Beatles on MusicRadar. So it's time to get the covers out!

But rather than the same old covers you've all heard a gazillion times before, we thought you might like a few versions from all over the place.

So step forward Mr Thomas of Jones, Wilson Pickett (and, erm, the Bee Gees), a surf band from Japan and a really rather affecting Sean Lennon. Really.

Enjoy!

Maggie Wong & The Jungle Lynxs - From Me To You

Back in 1964, Paul suggested that this 'McCartney/Lennon' (yes, it's the right way around) number one from 1963 could even be rearranged "as an old ragtime tune". What he didn't suggest was it could be twanged to high heaven by Malaysia's finest exotic pop sensations of the time. Fact: In 1966, Maggie Wong toured Malaysia and Singapore with a show called 'GO GO SHOW'. How cool is that? Mike Goldsmith

Munetaka Inoue & The Sharp Five - She Loves You

Off to Japan! Rather than a 'Group Sounds' (the name for the Beatles-sounding combos to emerge from Japan in the late Sixties) cover, we've gone for an 'eleki' (the name for the Japanese Ventures-style surf/rockabilly craze of the early Sixties) take on one of The Beatles' greatest early singles. Dig this? Read Julian Cope's Japrocksampler for info or just listen to all of Inoue's Beatles covers album Ding Dong! here. Yow! Mike Goldsmith

Next page: Lennon (Sean), Mr Jones, The Black Keys...

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